The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-06-02
\ wife Murderer Hanged +,
Knncininn Niicil Murdered
II, II townrdI, JniI lsird.
'"rribic Fate of II Young Girl
ANA The Punishment Visited
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room LITTLE UuNs.
KE\nNG. PA, Juno / William
showers, a cigar maker, aged 80 ycars
was arrested at Aunvillc. Lolanc
county, At midnight charged with the
mutder of his two grandchildren-
wa 'Hmnud Samuel aged re ,pcctiye-
~ two md five Years. The children
were the illogitmuc onsprirc Of
showers deceased daughter. Two
weeks ago lie drove into The noun
lalns with the children In h, wnyon
and returned without their. Ncth>
Ing has been heard OF them since md
hs showers told many conflicting
storlcs regarding their absence the
district attorney last night ordered
his arrest on tie charge of taking
ihcir lives and he wac .odgcd in iaiI.
search was made tor the children and
the search resulted ia hudlnp thci,.
bodies buried in showers yard with
ropes around their nrcks. showers
was engaged 60 marry Elizabeth
Largo hut hcr one condition WAS that
the children should he first got rid of
10y placing them in the charge of some
other person. Showers AT first pre-
tended that he Aucw nothing of the
chlliren's death. say ing two $ rangers
carried them of whlo he left them h,
thc r0adslde to water his horse when
on the way Lcighbor's with whom
he intended TO leave them The cor
oncr investigated the case to-day.
lho coroncr's jury returned verdict
that Showers had murdered the boys.
ShoWcr6 has since confessed the
crime. There IL great excitement in
lhe vicinity of Showers home aud
threats of lyncLing are freely made.
When found the bodies of tho hlile
boys were nude except their nirht
SHIRTS showing they had been taken
from their beds aud murdered in cold
blood. Th y had been ,lrangled
with the ropes found around their
necks and their skulls had been
crushed III with club. Their bodies
were badly dccomposcd
a DREADFUL MONSTER.
READING, Pa. June Tho re.
mains of samuel SpraWnrd and Willio
halcn, the two boys who were go
brutally murdered Dy their grand,
lhthcr, ~. showers, who l. now in
Lebanon JAN, were buried to-day in
me village cemetery at Annyille.
thousands of persons attended the
1urinl. and public excitement is una
Dhtcd There is no doubt In tho minds
u ne'ghbors that Showers motive in
NhllnS the boys WAS his desire to
marry Miss Sargent who had prom
tod to m rry hun II tho bows were
llAccd III u Homo or II Hlardout.
snow or- wife died suddenly vcar
'go ana her daughtcr-thc mother of
- boys several months later. and
more Is now suspicion that this
amc desire Of Showers to marry
Viz, Sargent led him TO take tho
ives OF bis wife aud daughter. I'm
cArchlng the house to-day oranges
we're found which nre said 10 contain
'ois on aud IA thorough investigation
'Ill be make, In the cndcgvor to Es.
ortaln whether or not Showers is
c'poh5ibIc for tho death of the wo-
ncn
IfNCH LAW NEEDED HERE.
BosToN, Ind, June l.-Atl0 o'clock
'hhday morning Walter aud Charles
)aVl', brothers, visited Flauncgan's
cHldchcc, III Perry county, aud told
ho two Flanagan bows that some
tray stock WAS breaking into their
arm, mile away from tho house.
hen the boys had gone to look after
Ie suppOttltlous tray stock, the
'aVls boys carried tho II year old
aughtcr OF Flanagan to a ncigLbor-
" wood. a handkerchief WAS
laced over the mouth OF the Yirl
nj hhe was tied to tree and her
crson violated. After thi. assault
10 wa beaten with sticks and left
Or dcad, When her two brothers
burned homo search was made for
ioir missing sister. All night the
unit failed - discover her, but ON
Iohdsy morning neighbors found
10 girl almost dead, tied to tree in
lc woods. The Davis boys. who
adc the assault, were found in the
oods near the suffering girl on Mon.
~ morning, ono account states
lat both of them were taken toa
pling near by and lynched, after
10y had confessed tho deed. An
her states that Walter Davis es-
'ped, but that, Just after dark, hs
'othcr Charles WAS found concealed
lder the house and was dragged
1T by an iuturiated mob. lie was
curely strapped to a horse aud
'ivcn back TO The spot where no had
wished the girl, Iio begged for
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